Katia Moskvitch
FeatureDetecting chirality
Katia Moskvitch finds out about the latest techniques to determining a molecule’s chirality
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Gel to heal divide between bones and surgical implants
Material slowly releases growth hormone to aid healing and reduce rejection problems
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Nanoparticle sensors detect drug damage in the liver
A new way to image reactive oxygen and nitrogen species could help rule out toxic drug candidates
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Nanobionic plants
A step towards biochemical detectors for monitoring environmental conditions and, ultimately, synthetic materials that grow and repair themselves like plants
ResearchSaturn’s largest moon home to prebiotic ‘soup’
Organics dissolved in Titan’s lakes may create conditions suitable for life
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Sweet success for bio-battery
Battery running on sugar holds double the energy of conventional lithium-ion batteries and could be powering phones in a matter of years
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Life may have begun in a tiny water droplet
Droplet surfaces are superb chemical reactors that could have built up complex molecules that led to the first simple cells